Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Screen Actors Guild: The TV Nominations

In addition to awards for performances on film, the Screen Actors Guild also honors performances on television. This year, they have chosen to recognize something old (The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family) as well as something new (The Crown, Stranger Things, Westworld) and a total of four individual performances from the major networks. Those four are Anthony Anderson (Blackish), Ty Burrell (Modern Family) and Felicity Huffman (American Crime) who appeared in ABC shows and Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) from NBC. Everybody else can be found in shows aired on HBO, Netflix, Amazon, FX, USA Network or Showtime. And mostly Netflix.

Counting all the nominations (including ensembles and stunts), Netflix leads the pack with 17, followed by HBO with 13, ABC with 5, FX with 3, and Amazon, AMC, CBS, PBS, NBC, Showtime and USA with one nomination each.

Actor Sterling K. Brown is nominated both for his series work on This Is Us and the People v. O.J. miniseries, meaning he has more by himself than all the networks in the singleton category. In addition to her nomination for Grace and Frankie, Lily Tomlin has been chosen to receive SAG's lifetime achievement award.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC)
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)
John Lithgow, The Crown (Netflix)
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot (USA)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of (HBO)
Sterling K. Brown, The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
Bryan Cranston, All the Way (HBO)
John Turturro, The Night Of (HBO)
Courtney B. Vance, The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story